Friday, November 30, 2012

Ex-Cop's Advice On How To Avoid Ticket: Don't Admit Anything, Show Your Hands

If you've ever driven around NYC for an extended period of time, then you've probably come across (if not fallen prey to) a police trap, whether it's near the West Side Highway or Coney Island. Maybe you forgot to put your seatbelt on, or decided to check your iPhone at a stop light, or crammed too much junk into the back of your vehicle. Regardless of why you got stopped, former NYPD officer Jerry Kane gave ABC some tips about how you can avoid being handed that ticket. [ more › ]

CANCELLED: Invasive Plant Removals at Highbridge Park

Date: December 6, 2012

Please note: this event has been cancelled.

Come out and volunteer with Natural Areas Volunteers (NAV) at Highbridge Park to remove invasive weeds from around existing plantings. This work will help maintain the livelihood of the restored site. Please come dressed in closed-toe shoes, long pants and clothing that can get dirty. Space is limited. Registration is required for this event.

Please join The Bronx Council on the Arts for a special public program.

When: Saturday, December 8, 2012 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Where: 2700 E Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461

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River on the Go: Where is Justin the Beaver?

A multi-sensory traveling exhibit that educates children about the natural flora and fauna along the Bronx River, makes a special stop at the future headquarters of the Bronx Council on the Arts in Westchester Square!

Presented by The Bronx Council on the Arts, in collaboration with The Bronx Children's Museum, we invite children and families to get on the Museum bus and participate in drawing and other art-making activities inspired by the exhibition.

OFFICIALS DEBATE EDUCATION POLICY POST-BLOOMBERG: The next mayor will have to wrestle with mayoral control of schools, which is up for renewal in 2015 and opposed by many New Yorkers, and standardized testing, which is expected to become more difficult in the coming years: http://bit.ly/QNuQe2

Homeowners in storm-damaged coastal areas who had flood insurance will now face premium increases of as much as 25 percent per year beginning in January, thanks to legislation to shore up the National Flood Insurance Program, the Times writes: http://nyti.ms/UdvkXG

A Manhattan City Council candidate, Thomas Lopez-Pierre, sent an incendiary and racially charged email to opponent Mark Levine, alleging that Levine is running to serve the "White power elite" at the expense of blacks and Hispanics, the Daily News reports: http://nydn.us/TuYGST

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Cake Man Raven and his red velvet cake take flight for bigger and better things

Cake Man Raven has shut down his Fort Greene bakery where he turned Dixieland desert red velvet cake into a Brooklyn thing. Raven Dennis — who put red the sinful magenta treat on the map for hungry Brooklynites — closed the doors at 708 Fulton St.

Racism Across The Pond: British Police Officer Says…”All Black People Look Like Monkeys And Live In Mud Huts”

A police officer has appeared before magistrates in London for telling a colleague that black people “look like moneys”. PC Costas Dakoutros said that PC Kevin Hughes, of Brentwood, Essex, made the comments while they were on patrol after seeing three black men standing on the pavement.

Wilkinson continued: “He began to deliberate that they [black people] were closely related to chimpanzees and then said they were more closely related to Neanderthals.” Another colleague, who was also in the car at the time, is alleged to have heard Hughes say: “Black people hadn’t evolved and lived in mud huts in Africa.” Following the shift, Dakoutros wrote an email to himself detailing events, which read: “Kevin looked at three IC3 (black) males and stated they looked like monkeys.”

Hughes denied the charge and said he was commenting on the way one man was walking.

Wilkinson said: “[Hughes] said he didn’t recall seeing three black males but said he saw someone with a certain gait who walked like a monkey and he had said to PC Dakoutros something about a monkey.”

Word??? Just imagine what kind of isht they’ve said that was not heard.

City Releases Report Cards For High Schools With Mixed Results

When the Department of Education released report cards for city high schools Monday, some new factors went into determining the grades -- factors where there is large room for improvement. | To find your school's report card, visit schools.nyc.gov